Eight U.S. troops killed in Iraq

[NeoConsSuck]

Source: CNN.COM

The U.S. military on Thursday reported eight recent troop deaths in Iraq.

A U.S. soldier from Multi-National Division-Baghdad was killed Wednesday "during a small-arms fire engagement" in southern Baghdad, the military said.

Three Marines and one sailor assigned to Multi National Force-West died Tuesday during combat in Diyala province.

Also, a soldier in the Diyala capital of Baquba died Tuesday of wounds from a roadside bomb. Diyala province is the sprawling territory northeast of Baghdad on the border with Iran.

A soldier was killed Tuesday in Baghdad when a roadside bomb detonated during clearing operations, the military said.

And a Marine assigned to Multi National Force-West died Sunday "in a noncombat related incident" in Anbar province, it said.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/26/iraq.main/index.html

[Botany]

1. Blessings and prayers for their spirits, family, and friends

Eight U.S. Troops :patriot:

:cry:

How many more George, how many?

[scarface2004]

9. nobody suffers as much as george and laura!

right laura

[frogcycle]

2. here they are

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1445291&mesg_id=1445618

[superconnected]

3. 8 - 16 sets of parents, who knows how many brothers and sisters

grandparents, aunts and uncles, wives and husbands and kids. Odds are this created a few orphans.

Nice going george you blood meister.

[Fluffdaddy]

4. My prayers are with our troops

[SpiralHawk]

5. "um, too bad and stuff. But on the bright side..." - Commander AWOL

"War profits are, like Way Up for my republicon cronies, and - hey hey hey -- it's VACATION time again."

- Commander AWOL

[classof56]

7. Oh, yeah, now watch this drive!

Have I mentioned lately how much I HATE *...oh, never mind, I'm only wasting my breath. I'll shut up and shed my tears for what * hath wrought and the evil he and his minions continue to perpetrate.

Blessings to the families of these dead soldiers. Something has died in all of us, but please know we care and grieve with you.

Tired Old Cynic

[arewenotdemo]

8. His "heart breaks" for the troops and their families, don'cha know?

He said it just the other day in front of a business audience in Cleveland.

Said it with no emotion whatsoever...but he did stifle the smirk.

[harun]

6. My wifes cousin just got back from Iraq

Said him and his buddies were wondering why the heck they were still there.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

10. K&R for the dead & wounded - lest they be forgotten. God help us.......

[subsuelo]

11. and for what?

I always remember the context: Iraq had nothing to do with Sept 11th.

[Aviation Pro]

12. I wrote this on July 14th.....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1333232

[Imagevision]

13. Will these troops too have died in vain...

[saigon68]

14. "Bring Em On" shouted the AWOL CHIMPANZEE

[Marrah_G]

15. I shouldn't read these at work

:cry:

Some day's I can barely breathe it's so scary.

[gratuitous]

16. Points awarded to CNN

They did total the civilian deaths in the story at 524 so far for July.

Points deducted because they somehow neglected to mention how many military dead these eight bring July's total to.

More points deducted for uncritically quoting Bush's increasingly delusional statements about the military budget toward the end of the piece.

Bad CNN. No cookie for you today.